Town Hall Chambers

The Town Hall Chambers, at 10 Lind Street, was originally built around 1577 and significantly altered in 1853 and 1854. It projects from the terrace and is a more imposing composition than its neighbors. The building is three storeys high and faced in stone, coursed to imitate brick. The front is articulated by giant, fluted composite pilasters made of stucco, which sit on high pedestals. A stepped frieze, heavy cornice, and parapet, all also made of stucco, divide the facade. There are three windows; the first and second floors to the left and right are recessed within round-headed stucco surrounds. The sill course is moulded and raised in the central bay to separate the first and second-floor tripartite windows, with the second-floor window featuring round-headed lights, Doric pilasters, and moulded arches. The ground-floor tripartite windows are in plain stucco surrounds on the flanking bays. The glazing bars are either later replacements or absent. A central projecting porch is constructed of stucco with banded rustication, round-headed windows to the sides, a frieze, and a dentil cornice that returns to the wall. The round-headed entrance contains recessed double doors with three moulded panels each, beneath a semi-circular fanlight. The building forms a group with numbers 5 to 22 Lind Street.